1750 Songe d'Alcyone (Halcyon), Antoine Béranger lithography Charles-Louis Constans Copper hotsell Etching Antique Neo Classical tragedy Greek myth

Songe d'Alcyone (Halcyon) by Antoine Béranger, 1785-1867, lithography by Charles-Louis Constans, 1822.

Works by Béranger and Constans are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Copper Etching

Alcyone Is one of the tragic figures of Greek mythology who with her husband was turned into a kingfisher by the angry gods. The Song of Alycyone refers to is from immediately before her metamorphosis when she was grieving her dead husband who was killed at sea. It was out of compassion that the gods changed the couple into kingfishers, or "halcyon birds", named after her. Their story is told in Ovid's Metamorphosis.

1750 Antique Neo Classical fine detail

Signed in plate.

Matted for 11 by 14. Clear plate marks showing indention of printing process. Paper slightly browned with some spotting in the margins.

On laid paper hotsell. Ready to frame.

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